The Progress., 1887-12-24

SloI PalI ldctOIy anu Ine sGarch-millS at
Klkhart, Ind. the loss being $116, 600.
In the United States District Court at Du-
! buque Ia, on the 18th Judge Shiras re-
manded to the State courts all the brewery
and saloon cases which had been removed
to his court 1t was said that this action
foreshadowed the closing up Of all the sa-
looms and breweries in the State at an early
date.
MRS FANNY HUSBANDS was robbed bv a
negro on the 10Th near Meridian, Miss, who
afterwards out out her tongue
HOTEL at Crescent, Cal, was blown
down by storm on the 18th, and two per-
sons Were killed and fourteen Others badly
Injured -
MANY buildings on the south side Of the
plaza at St Augustine, Fla, were burned on
the 10Th, causing loss of 5000, OOO
The four coke strikers on trial at Union
town, Pa for assaulting non union miners.
were convicted on the 18th Of riot and con
spracy. The maximum penalty for riot ia
eight years imprisonment
AT Polo, Mich, James Scott and two
shameless women named Shamp and Ofd,
stead were tarred and feathered on the 18th
by mob, then ridden on rail and COM
manded to leave the town within ten hours.
MESSENGERS CuEF, the noted trotting stall
lion, died at Vers allies, Ky, on the 18th.
He was the property of George a. Singerly,
OF Philadelphia, who valued him at $40. i
OOO "a S
TIE heaviest snow-storm in the memory
Of the oldest inhabitant was reported
throughout Western Texas on the 18th.
four to six inches having fallen in some
places
A STAGE running between Little Rock and
Carrollton, Ark, was stopped by three men
on the 18th, who robbed the passengers of
$500 and two gold watches
IWo-DoILAR silver certificates altered to
nves appeared in large numbers in New
York on the 18th, and were said to be more
dangerous than if wholly counterfeits The
portraits OF General Hancock on the genuine
bills are SO changed however, on the spuri-
GUS certificates as to make them resemble
no person known to fame.
ITALIAN residents of Washington propose
to present the Government with a marble
bust OF Garibaldi
GEOGRAPHICAL surveyors on the 18th
found a rich outcrop of copper near STAN
ford, Vt. 1t was being developed.
A FIRE on the 10Th in the business district
OF Chattan ooga, Tenn, destroyed property
valued at 100000. .,
AT the twentieth annual meeting Of the
Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist
Church, held in Chicago on the 10Th, it was
shown that In the past twenty years over
one hundred Thousand negroes had been
educated. The society has property valued
at 81, 100000.
The three young sons of William Brewer.
living near Toledo, O., were crushed to
death on the 18th by tree which fell on
them -,a ..a
JOSEPH KNIGHT, who had been book
keeper Of the Manufacturers National
Bank of Philadelphia for thirty-five years,
was arrested on the 18th for embezzling
about $40, 900 Of the banks funds
A SQUARE of business buildings at Shelby
vile, Tenn, was burned on the 18th, caus-
ing loss of over $780, OOO
S1I4As MALcoM and Charles McCullom. on
trial at Newton, Ill, for the murder of
George Bowen, Were both found guilty on
the 10th and sentenced to twenty-two
years imprisonment
AN incendiary fire on the 10th destroyed
the business portion of Mapleton, D. T..
ABOUT One-slxth of the real estate in
Shamokin, Pa, was on the 18th found to be
covered by an unsatisfied mortgage dated
1910, and originally for $12, ,OOO The
sheriff had notified owners that he woulds
sell the property to satisfy the mortgage
December 80. e...7 .Gt
Mrs. MARIE KATHER, of Topeka, Kan, was
bnrned to death on the 10th, her clothing
catching fire while she was filling lamp
The explosion Of a boiler on the l6th in
the Edison Electric Light Company's works
at West Chester, Pa, caused the death of
five persons and the injury of three others
The Denver, Utah & Pacific railroa ad shops
at Denver were wrecked on the 16bh by the
explosion of a boiler, locomotive and all
the machinery being ruined LosA $780,
OOO -as
DURING a family quarrel on the 10th at
Kenton, O., Charles Thomas stabbed and
killed his niece, Miss Briggs, and fatally cut
his brothers. wife.
The coal famine still continued on the 18th
in Western Kansas, $12 80 per ton being
paid for an inferior quality. and very little
to be had at that price.
DURING the seven days ended on the 10th
there were 253 business failures In tie
United States, against 23S the previous
seven days n
H was thought at Washington on the 18th
that the Territories of Dakota, Washing
ton, Montana and possibly Utah would be
admitted into the Union during the pres
eat session Of Congress-
A YOUTH named Voolfolk, who murdered
nine of his family, was found guilty at
Macon, Ga, on the 18th, and sentenced to
be hanged February 10.
GRoRGH GREEN, notorious cattle thief.
was lynched on the 10th near Pennington.
Fla
A GOOD flow of natural gas was struck on
the 16 Jh at Fairview, Cal
R. PORTER LEE Of Buffalo, N Y, de-
faulting bank cashier, who swindled numer-
Gus farmers and stock-raisers in Michigan,
was on the 18th pardoned by Presidents
Cleveland |.s
JOHN HowsoN, a famous comedian, aged
forty -four years. dropped dead at Troy, N.
T., on the 10th, from heart disease.
CHESTER BRLLoWs was hanged on the 10th
at Charles City, la, for the murder Of Alice
Waterman. This was the first execution in
the State since 1865
CHARLES WH1TsErT, half-witted boy.
| aged thirteen years, of Columbus, Ark. on
the 10th cut off the heads Of his brother.
aged nine years, and his sister, aged six
years.
| AT the meeting IN Baltimore on the 10th
| OF the American Federation Of Labor Sam
uel L Gompers Of New York, was re-elsot
ed president